In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes > Of course, for a MP3 player, is it more like a small computer than > a classic audio device? The laptop I'm > typing this Email on is > playing a CD as I type, but that doesn't make it a 60065 device. > This overlap is why TC74 and TC92 got together to start work on the > Hazard Based standard in TC108, as you know.
Indeed, but we also have to take into account the CENELEC decision that 'function determines the standard'. This was the result of a question >from the Irish National Committee as to whether a washing machine containing a microprocessor was a household appliance or ITE. > > Some people may not know that, some years back, TC92 and TC74 of > old concluded that - if a > manufacture has a product that could fall > into the scope of both 60065 and 60950-1 - then that manufacturer > could choose to use either standard, since they both gave an > adequate and comparable level of safety. This got round the need > for manufacturers of overlap equipment to test/certify to both > 60065 and 60950-1. Yes, this resulted in IEC Guide 112. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. The good news is that nothing is compulsory. The bad news is that everything is prohibited. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
